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Comment by Echo on December 24, 2016 at 5:42pm

Merry CHRISTmas!!!

Comment by Echo on October 6, 2016 at 9:00pm

Where is everybody??? I haven't been here in a while, but I'm home now.

Comment by Mobile Mac on December 26, 2015 at 9:27pm

Last I heard,  the end of the world was due to happen during the recent "Red Moon".    Nothing happened.   What happens when prophesy fails?   This is what happens, and what happened:  nothing.

Please consider, all you wide-eyed wishers. 

Comment by Dennis Hardy on December 24, 2015 at 2:25pm

A Bible study: The Name of our Father 

Moses makes a request of God. 

Exo 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Exo 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee;

In response, God gave Moses some instructions for this request to be fulfilled. 

Exo 34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Exo 34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
Exo 34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

Moses listened and did as God had said.

Exo 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

God did what He said He would do.

Exo 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

Then in Deuteronomy 10, Moses is talking to Israel and going over all that had happened. 

Deu 10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
Deu 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
Deu 10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
Deu 10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.

The Ten Commandments of God are his image in stone, His character, glory, authority, and they are the  very name which Jesus Christ our Lord manifested here on earth. 

Jesus leaves us some instructions about how to abide in His love. He says to keep the commandments, even as He did. 

Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

There is much wisdom to be found in the Law of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ which is the spirit of prophecy.

Rev_19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Isa_8:20  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

The question is, how do we know we are following the Spirit of the Commandments or the letter, and the answer is found in the epistle of John.

1Jn_4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Comment by High Country on May 26, 2015 at 4:44pm

I am hearing a lot of talk about many spiritual and physical events culminating in 9-23-15 the Day of Atonement.  Some are believing that is the day of the rapture.  Anybody else heard about this?  

Comment by Minnow on November 4, 2014 at 1:25pm

What does God mean when it says "These things will finally happen "when the power of the holy people is broken?" Please explain? That's a strange answer and I don't get it.

Comment by Minnow on November 4, 2014 at 1:20pm

"There will be an increase in knowledge"


DANIEL 12
The End Times
12 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise[a] will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?”

7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time.[b] When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?”

9 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

11 “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

13 “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.”

Comment by Charles Ma on August 1, 2014 at 7:33pm

Thank you Minnow for the sensitive, accurate & well wrought reflection.

Comment by DandyLion on July 31, 2014 at 3:31pm

I'm not good with emotions and very lacking in empathy and I know I often come off as a jerk because of it. My mindset has always been "if you're offended by the truth, then that's YOUR problem." I can never seem to find "Christians" who want to view my spiritual gift as a good thing and help me grow in it, and that greatly discourages me regarding the whole thing. More often than not I wish I could trade this "gift of prophecy" for a different gift. People with the gift of compassion or serving or giving seem to have it so easy.

Anyway, I love what you say about the kingdom of heaven. You're right, people always look for it elsewhere instead of realizing it is AMONG us! Most people are reluctant to live that way because it means choosing to rid themselves of their sins BEFORE they die. But I think, how can you not be so excited about that? That is so enthralling: Jesus Christ himself told us that the Kingdom of Heaven is AMONG US!
I don't mean to say that I have already reached perfection, but I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ first possessed me.
I feel like most people are so caught up in admitting that they're not perfect so that they have an excuse to keep on sinning, instead of killing their imperfection, their "sinful nature" and putting on the new nature and being transformed by the renewing of their minds.

Also, let me please emphasize that I am the last person who will single out a sinner. My biggest pet peeve is those "Christians" who run around telling everyone that "God hates fags." I know that love comes first, but I just always want to make sure that no one forgets that we have to pray for the people who struggle with a specific sin. I know I come off as pushy, but I'd rather push around Christians than allow my brother and my best friends souls to be given up on out of "tolerance."

Comment by DandyLion on July 31, 2014 at 3:27pm

Concerning the issue of homosexuality, I just mean that the homosexual lifestyle completely separates you from God. Yes, a heterosexual sinful lifestyle does too. But I get so afraid because I hear so many "Christians" speaking about tolerance and basically accepting everyone's sinful nature. I get so afraid because I know that when we stop believing that this is a sin and that it is a problem, we will stop praying for those struggling with it, which is really all we can do for them. This kind of sin is so life-consuming, and that is why the bible says that nobody who lives a homosexual lifestyle, or a lifestyle of any sin, will inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).
Of course I believe that anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, even "gay people." But one thing that frustrates me so much is just that term. As if their sexuality completely defines who they are (because it does; that's what a sinful lifestyle is). But we know that when one of those people is saved, their sinful nature is thrown away. They are a new creation, separate of their sin. They are no longer a "gay person" but a child of God who has that specific sin they struggle with. But with the power of Christ they can overcome it. But if they're in a church full of people talking about tolerance and being who you were born as (because apparently your first birth is what defines you, not being reborn by the holy spirit), then such a person, being convicted by the holy spirit, may choose to listen to the people around them instead. A new Christian, weak in faith, or as Paul said "eating spiritual milk" may not know better, and nobody will disciple them anymore because they thing that that makes them judgmental.
And then there are the people who say "no sin is greater than another," which is just not true, or else verses like 1 John 5:16 are irrelevant, and nothing the bible says is or ever will become irrelevant. The truth is that no sin is LESS FORGIVABLE than another, but yes, some sins will cause you to be separate from God. But the real reason people say this is because they want an excuse to keep on sinning, even though the bible also says that "when people keep on sinning, it shows that they are children of the devil." Its harsh but true.
I am so afraid of all of this and I think about it so much because of my own close family member and best friend who both have chosen this life over following Christ.
I was designed to view the bible as the ultimate authority. Everything is completely black and white to me. And I was designed to hate sin more than anything else. I find myself observing sin in peoples life and feeling the need to let them know about it. ever since I was young I've sabotaged relationships and surely pushed people completely away from God because of this. I've been learning that the reason i am like this is so that when I see people sinning, I can intercede for them in prayer. Sometimes the holy spirit does lead me to confront people about their sins, but most of the time i just have to pray for them.
Most people, at least at first, view me as judgemental and intolerant because of the way I view sin. But the honest truth is that everything I do and say is born out of love. I love everyone so much, when I see something getting in the way of their relationship with God, how could I NOT say something?! And learning when to shut up and just pray for them is so excrutiating because I always feel like just confronting them would bring immediate results, when in reality it just pushes them away every time.

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